Run your design-and-build firm from one system.
The D&B Operating System brings enquiries, site visits, designs, quotations, agreements, projects, site updates and payments into one place, on your own domain, with your own brand. No more running big projects on WhatsApp and Excel.
Enquiry 2
Design 2
Quote 1
Execution 2
Great projects, run on scattered tools.
Most design-and-build firms are small teams of 5 to 10 people juggling dozens of clients, sites and vendors. The work is excellent. The way it is tracked is not.
Enquiries arrive on WhatsApp, Instagram, calls and walk-ins. Follow-ups depend on memory.
Every quote is rebuilt by hand, rates drift between versions and nobody knows which one the client approved.
Progress, delays and material needs reach the office late, if at all. Clients ask for updates you don't have.
Milestone invoices go out late, part-payments get missed and project profit is only known at the end.
From first enquiry to final invoice, one thread.
Everything a design-and-build firm runs on.
A complete system, so your firm needs no other tool to sell, deliver and get paid.
Every enquiry with its source, stage and next follow-up, so nothing goes cold.
- Lead sources and stages
- Follow-up reminders
- Client history in one place
Quotes built from your own rate cards, with versions and approvals.
- Rate cards and BOQ
- Versions the client can approve
- GST-ready totals
Scope, milestones and payment terms agreed before work starts.
- Scope and milestones
- Payment schedule
- Change requests
Each project on a timeline from design to handover.
- Stages and deadlines
- Task owners
- Delay alerts
Supervisors post progress and photos from the site on their phone.
- Photo updates
- Material requests
- Issue flags
Milestone invoices, part-payments and reminders that match the agreement.
- Milestone invoicing
- Payment tracking
- Receipts
Owner, managers, designers, supervisors and accounts each see what they need.
- Tiered roles and permissions
- Attendance
- Workload view
Pipeline, project health, money due and profit per project.
- Conversion by stage
- Overdue payments
- Project profitability
Everyone sees their part. The owner sees it all.
It looks like your firm built it.
- Deployed white-label on your own domain, with your logo and colours.
- Your firm has full admin control: users, roles, settings and data.
- Works in any browser on laptop and phone. Nothing to install.
- Sign-in with two-step verification and lock-out after failed attempts.
- BRANDSWOT Consultancy keeps a recovery key only for emergencies, such as an admin locked out.
Your clients and team only ever see your brand.
Pick the size of your firm, not a pile of add-ons.
Studio
- CRM, quotations and invoices
- Projects, tasks and site updates
- Owner, designer and site roles
- Your domain and branding
Practice
- Everything in Studio
- Multiple project managers and site teams
- Agreements, change requests and vendors
- Reports on pipeline, projects and payments
Enterprise
- Everything in Practice
- Custom workflows and modules
- Several branches and teams
- Priority support and training
For design-and-build firms across India
Hyderabad
Hyderabad's interior firms handle a steady flow of new gated-community flats and villas around Gachibowli, Kondapur and Kokapet, plus office fit-outs along the IT corridor. Many run several handovers a month. The D&B Operating System keeps those enquiries, quotes, site updates and milestone payments in one place.
Bengaluru
Bengaluru studios juggle apartment interiors in areas like Whitefield and Sarjapur Road with office fit-outs for tech companies. Clients are often busy professionals who want updates without site visits. Dated site photos, versioned quotes and clear milestone invoices in one system make that easier to deliver.
Chennai
Chennai design-and-build firms work across OMR apartments, independent houses and commercial spaces, where clients expect detailed itemised quotes. The D&B Operating System builds each quote and BOQ from your rate cards, keeps every version and turns the approved one into milestone invoices with GST.
Mumbai
Mumbai interior work is often renovation inside occupied buildings, with society rules on working hours and tight site access. Supervisors need to report quickly, and clients want proof of progress. Phone-based site updates, issue flags and material requests help project managers keep compact, high-value projects on schedule.
Pune
Pune's firms serve buyers of new apartments in areas such as Hinjewadi, Baner and Kharadi, many moving in on fixed possession dates. Missed deadlines are costly. Project timelines with task owners, delay alerts and snag lists help firms plan handovers that match the client's move-in date.
Delhi
Delhi interior and renovation firms take on builder floors, bungalows and showrooms, often for families where several members approve choices. The D&B Operating System records design rounds, client comments and approvals in one thread, so decisions are on record before carpentry starts.
Gurgaon
Gurgaon firms split time between premium apartments and corporate office fit-outs, where procurement teams want clear scope and billing. Agreements with milestones, change requests logged before extra work starts, and GST-ready milestone invoices help firms answer those teams with confidence.
Noida
Noida's interior firms see heavy demand from buyers taking possession of new flats in large high-rise projects. Many enquiries look alike, so follow-ups slip. Lead sources, stages and follow-up reminders in the CRM help firms respond fast and convert site visits into signed agreements.
Kolkata
Kolkata studios work across older homes in established neighbourhoods and new apartments in areas like New Town and Rajarhat. Renovation scopes change once walls are opened. Change requests recorded against the agreement keep extra costs approved and billed, instead of argued about at handover.
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad's design-and-build firms handle bungalows, apartments and showrooms, often for business-owning families who watch costs closely. Rate-card quotes, versioned BOQs and project profitability reports help owners show clients exactly where the money goes and protect their own margins.
Kochi
Many Kochi homeowners commission interiors while working abroad, so approvals and updates happen remotely. The D&B Operating System keeps design versions, client comments and dated site photos under each project, giving project managers clear answers for clients who cannot visit the site.
Coimbatore
Coimbatore firms build interiors for independent houses and for local business owners' showrooms and offices. Small teams cover several sites at once. Site supervisors post photo updates, labour attendance and material requests from their phones, so the office stays informed without constant calls.
Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam's interior firms serve a growing market of apartments and independent houses, with clients who expect quick replies on WhatsApp. Logging every enquiry with its source and next follow-up date in one CRM stops leads going cold between site visits and quotes.
Vijayawada
Vijayawada firms handle independent houses, apartments and commercial spaces for clients across the city and nearby towns. Travel between sites eats time. Phone-based site updates and one dashboard for late projects, money due and approvals waiting let owners manage more work with the same team.
Anantapur
Anantapur interior and civil contractors mostly build for independent houses, shops and clinics, often with small teams and word-of-mouth leads. BRANDSWOT Consultancy is headquartered here. The Studio plan gives such firms CRM, quotations, invoices and site updates on their own domain, sized for up to 10 people.
Mysuru
Mysuru studios design independent homes, heritage-style renovations and hospitality spaces, with some clients based in Bengaluru. Remote clients need clear records. Design rounds with version history, approvals and dated site photos help firms keep those clients confident between visits.
Jaipur
Jaipur's design firms work on homes, hotels and event venues, often with stone, woodwork and craft vendors on the same job. Vendor and material status, material requests from site and vendor bills against each project help project managers coordinate many suppliers without losing track of costs.
Lucknow
Lucknow interior firms serve growing residential areas and commercial spaces, where clients compare several quotes before deciding. Fast, consistent quotations from your own rate cards, with GST-ready totals and clear versions, help firms respond quickly and look more organised than the competition.
Indore
Indore's interior and design-and-build firms take on homes, offices and retail spaces as the city grows. Owners often run sales and sites themselves. One dashboard showing pipeline value, late projects and overdue payments gives them a full picture without chasing each team member.
Chandigarh
Chandigarh firms work across the tricity, including Mohali and Panchkula, on kothis, apartments and offices. Teams move between cities daily. Role-based access lets designers see only their projects and supervisors post from their phones, while the owner keeps the full view across every site.
Nagpur
Nagpur's interior firms handle homes, clinics and commercial fit-outs, often with lean teams covering several roles. Milestone invoices with GST, payment reminders and receipts in one system help them collect on time, while project profitability reports show which jobs actually make money.
Surat
Surat firms design homes, offices and showrooms for business owners from the city's textile and diamond trades, who expect fast turnarounds. Project timelines with task owners and delay alerts, plus site updates from supervisors, help firms meet tight opening dates for showrooms and offices.
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar's interior firms serve new apartments, independent houses and offices in a fast-growing city. Many are small teams building processes for the first time. The D&B Operating System gives them a ready flow from enquiry to handover instead of stitching together chats and spreadsheets.
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram firms work on independent houses and apartments, including many for families with members working abroad, plus offices near the IT parks. Recorded design approvals, change requests and dated site photos make remote decision-making clearer and reduce disputes at handover.
Madurai
Madurai interior firms build for independent houses and for retail businesses such as textile and jewellery showrooms. Retail jobs need fixed opening dates and careful budgets. Versioned quotes, milestone billing and project profitability help firms deliver on time and keep extra work properly approved.
Explore the system
Free templates for interior firms
Around the world
What software do interior contractors, kitchen dealers and architects use?
Most firms in India use a patchwork. WhatsApp handles clients, Excel the quotes, a billing app the GST and a CAD or 3D tool the drawings. The D&B Operating System replaces that patchwork for sales, quotes, projects, sites and payments. Your drawing tools stay as they are.
| Type of firm | What they usually use today | Where the D&B Operating System fits |
|---|---|---|
| Turnkey interior contractors | Spreadsheets for BOQs, a WhatsApp group per site, a billing app | One record from enquiry to handover, with milestone invoices that match the agreement |
| Modular kitchen dealers | Brand price lists, hand-built quotes, phone follow-ups | Rate cards for carcass, shutters and hardware, versioned quotes and follow-up reminders |
| False ceiling contractors | Areas measured on paper, rates in a notebook | Site measurements saved to the project and quotes built from per square foot rate cards |
| Furniture and woodwork contractors | Job cards, calls to carpenters, cash expense notes | Task owners, material requests from site and vendor bills against each job |
| Architects | CAD tools, email threads, fee invoices in Word | Design rounds with version history, client approvals and milestone fee invoices |
| Wardrobe and kitchen manufacturers | Factory spreadsheets and dealer chats | Lead pipeline, quotes, production-to-installation tasks and payment tracking |
| Landscape designers | Drawings, plant lists in Excel, site photos on phones | Design approvals, itemised quotes and dated site photo updates |
| Lighting designers | Fixture schedules in spreadsheets, vendor emails | Material and finish selections, vendor status and change requests |
| Real estate developers' interior teams | Several contractors, shared drives and review meetings | Several projects and sites on one dashboard, with a role for each team member |
Is there an app for each job in an interior firm?
Yes. Each everyday job below has a place in the D&B Operating System. It runs in the phone or laptop browser, on Android and iPhone alike, so there is no app to download from a store. Your team signs in at your own domain.
| The job | Where it lives in the system |
|---|---|
| Track interior design leads | CRM: every enquiry with its source and stage |
| Follow up with leads | Follow-up reminders bring each lead back on its due date |
| Prepare a BOQ | Quotations: pick items from your rate card and enter quantities |
| Make a quotation | Quotations: GST-ready totals from your own rates |
| Revise a quotation | Each revision is saved as a new version, and the client approves one |
| Get design approvals | Design rounds, client comments and approvals in one thread |
| Plan a project timeline | Projects: stages and deadlines from design to handover |
| Assign site tasks | Tasks with owners and due dates; supervisors see today's tasks for their site |
| Collect site photos | Site updates: photo posts from the supervisor's phone |
| Track material deliveries | Material requests from site, plus vendor and material status |
| Manage vendors | Vendor status, with vendor bills recorded against each project |
| Raise milestone invoices | Milestone invoices with GST, from the agreed payment schedule |
| Track client payments | Payments and part-payments recorded, with receipts |
| Send payment reminders | Reminders for amounts that are due or overdue |
| Record change orders | Change requests logged against the agreement before extra work starts |
| Close a snag list | Snag list closed by the project manager before handover |
| Hand over a project | Snags closed, final invoice raised, payment received |
| Track team attendance | Labour and attendance logged by site supervisors |
| See project profit | Reports: profitability for each project |
| Manage several sites | One dashboard for every project; the Practice plan adds more project managers and site teams |
| Onboard a new designer | Add a user with the designer role, who then sees only their own projects |
| Share progress with clients | Dated site photos and recorded approvals, under your brand |
| Store drawings and documents | Design rounds with version history, quotes and agreements on the project record |
| Control who sees what | Tiered roles and permissions, set by your own admin |
| Report monthly numbers to partners | Reports on pipeline, payments and profit that you can share with partners |
Trade tools it replaces, and what it does not do
Firms often search for a separate tool for each trade job. Many of those jobs are one module in the D&B Operating System. A few are not, and it is better to know that before a demo.
- Modular furniture quotation software and wardrobe quotation software: rate cards hold carcass, shutter, hardware and loft items, so every quote uses the same logic.
- False ceiling estimate app: enter the measured area, then pick board, framing and profile items from your rate card.
- Painting contractor app: paint and labour items sit in the rate card, and painting tasks run on the project timeline.
- Construction site diary app: supervisors post dated updates, photos and issues, which builds a daily record for each site.
- Site photo documentation app: photos are stored under the project, not lost in chat groups.
- Punch list app: the snag list, often called a punch list, is closed room by room before the final invoice.
- Material indent app for construction: supervisors raise material requests to the office from the site.
- Construction expense tracking app: vendor bills and expenses are recorded against each project.
- Job costing software for contractors: reports show profit per project from the costs recorded.
- Interior business analytics and interior firm reporting software: conversion by stage, overdue payments and project profitability.
- Interior design scheduling software: stages, deadlines and booked site visits on each project timeline.
- Interior design document management and drawing management: design rounds keep version history, but CAD and 3D work stays in your drawing software.
- Landscape design business software and lighting design project software: the same enquiry-to-handover flow, set up with your own stage names and rate cards.
- Furniture showroom CRM: walk-in enquiries are logged with their source and a next follow-up date.
- Turnkey contractor ERP: it covers sales, quotes, projects, vendors and billing, but not a full accounting ledger or factory inventory. Exports go to your accountant.
Made in India, used online, on your own domain
The D&B Operating System is made in India by BRANDSWOT Consultancy, a branding and growth consultancy headquartered in Anantapur. It is cloud based in the plain sense: your team uses it online, in a browser, with nothing to install.
It differs from typical SaaS for interior designers in one way. Each firm gets a white-label deployment on its own domain, with its own logo and colours. There is no shared login page carrying another company's brand.
Clients approve quote versions and comment on design rounds under your brand. Want interior design software with a client portal, such as client logins for site photos? Tell us in the demo and we'll confirm what's supported.
Quick answers on everyday features
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can a CRM send follow-up reminders automatically? | Yes, to your team. Follow-up reminders bring each lead back on the date you set. They are not automatic messages to the client. |
| Can I see where each lead came from? | Yes. Each enquiry is logged with its source, and reports show conversion by stage. |
| Can the client approve a quotation online? | Yes. The client approves one quote version under your brand, and the system records which one. |
| Can I attach drawings and renders to a project? | Design rounds sit on the project with version history, and site measurements and photos are saved to it. Confirm file types and sizes in the demo. |
| Can I get alerts when a project is running late? | Yes. Delay alerts flag tasks running late, so the project manager can act early. |
| Can supervisors upload site photos from their phone? | Yes, from the phone browser, with nothing to install. |
| Can I send payment reminders automatically? | Payment reminders for due and overdue amounts are built in. Confirm the timing and channel for your firm in the demo. |
| Can I export data for my accountant? | Yes. The accounts role has exports for your accountant. |
| Can I add a second branch or city? | Yes. The Enterprise plan covers several branches, offices and teams. |
| Can the software run at my own web address? | Yes. It is deployed white-label on your domain, for example yourfirm.com/admin. |
Access, security and data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can I give each person a different level of access? | Yes. Owner, project manager, designer, site supervisor and accounts roles each see what they need. |
| Can I limit a designer to their own projects? | Yes. Designers see only the projects they are on. |
| Is my data backed up? | Backup details are not published on this page. Ask how backups work for your deployment, and get the answer in your written quote. |
| What happens if an admin forgets their password? | BRANDSWOT Consultancy keeps a recovery key for emergencies like this, so the admin can get back in. |
| Can I lock accounts after wrong passwords? | Yes. Sign-in locks out after failed attempts and uses two-step verification. |
| Can I see who changed what and when? | Quote versions, design rounds and site photos are dated and kept. A full change log is not listed, so ask in the demo. |
| Can I use it on a slow mobile connection? | It runs in the phone browser. No speed claims are made for weak networks, so test it on your own sites during the demo. |
| Does it work in Hindi, Telugu or Kannada? | Regional-language screens are not listed. Tell us your language needs and we'll confirm what's supported. |
More questions
Who makes the D&B Operating System?
BRANDSWOT Consultancy makes it. BRANDSWOT Consultancy is a branding and growth consultancy headquartered in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, founded by Gowtham Sai. Alongside brand and digital work, it builds CRM and custom software. The D&B Operating System is its in-house product for interior and design-and-build firms, now in early access with a small number of firms.
Does the D&B Operating System work on mobile?
Yes. It works in any phone browser, on Android or iPhone, and on laptops. There is no app-store download. Site supervisors post photo updates, material requests and issues from their phones, and the office sees them straight away. Owners can check the pipeline, late projects and money due on the move, signed in at your own domain.
What modules does the D&B Operating System include?
It has eight modules: CRM and follow-ups, quotations, agreements, projects and tasks, site updates, invoices and payments, team and roles, and reports. They share one record, so a lead becomes a quote, an agreement, a project and milestone invoices without retyping. The modules in your plan are set out in the written quote after a demo.
Is the D&B Operating System suitable for small studios?
Yes. The Studio plan is sized for firms of up to 10 people. It covers CRM, quotations, invoices, projects, tasks and site updates, with owner, designer and site roles on your own domain. A solo designer with two or three projects a year may manage with a spreadsheet for now. Once enquiries and sites start to overlap, one system helps.
Can I give my designers limited access?
Yes. Tiered roles and permissions let you decide what each person sees. Designers see only the projects they are on, with briefs, design rounds and finish selections. You choose whether they see money, client details or the wider pipeline. The owner keeps the full view across every lead, project and payment.
How is the D&B Operating System different from a generic CRM?
A generic CRM usually stops at the sale. The D&B Operating System carries the same record through site visit, design rounds, quotation from rate cards, agreement, site updates, milestone invoices and handover. It has roles built for interior firms, such as designer and site supervisor, and runs white-label on your own domain. A generic CRM may suit firms that only track sales.
Is there an interior design software free trial?
The D&B Operating System does not publish a free trial or a free plan. Pricing is on request, and the demo is free. In a 20-minute call we walk through a sample project from enquiry to final invoice, then send a written quote for your team size. Some other vendors offer trials, so check their current terms.
Where is the D&B Operating System login?
There is no shared public login page. After deployment, each firm signs in at its own domain, for example yourfirm.com/admin. Sign-in uses two-step verification and locks out after failed attempts. If an admin is locked out, BRANDSWOT Consultancy can help with its recovery key. Your own admin controls users, roles and settings.
Is there a D&B Operating System review I can read?
Not yet. The product is in early access, with a small number of firms being onboarded, so there are no published reviews or ratings. Judge it as you would any software. Watch a demo on a real project and check each module against your daily work. Ask who owns the data and how you would export it.
Is there an interior software price list for India?
BRANDSWOT Consultancy does not publish a price list for the D&B Operating System. Pricing depends on firm size and modules. Studio covers up to 10 people, Practice 10 to 30, and Enterprise 30 or more or several offices. You get a written quote after a free demo. Other vendors price by users and modules, so check their current pages.
What is the best interior design software in Dubai?
There is no single best tool for every Dubai firm. For interior design or fit-out project management software, compare lead tracking, quotes and variation control. Then check site updates from a phone, stage billing, roles and UAE VAT. The D&B Operating System is one option, onboarded remotely from India. BRANDSWOT Consultancy has no UAE office, and its invoicing was designed around Indian GST.
Which CRM do interior design firms use in Dubai?
Interior design firms in Dubai use a mix of general CRMs, construction tools, spreadsheets and WhatsApp. If you want a CRM that carries leads through quotes, projects and payments, the D&B Operating System is one option. Interior firms in Dubai can use it as white-label software on their own domain, so clients and staff see only the firm's brand.
Is there affordable design-and-build software for small firms in UAE, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, the UK or Australia?
Affordable depends on what the software replaces. Add up what you pay today for a CRM, a project tool, a billing app and the hours spent retyping. The D&B Operating System's Studio plan is sized for small firms of up to 10 people, with pricing on request. Onboarding is remote from India. Confirm local tax, currency and language needs first.
Questions firms ask
What is the D&B Operating System?
It is operations software for interior and design-and-build firms, built by BRANDSWOT Consultancy. It brings leads, site visits, designs, quotations, agreements, projects, site updates, team roles and payments into one system, so the firm doesn't run on WhatsApp, spreadsheets and paper.
Who is it for?
Interior design, architecture and design-and-build firms worldwide, from small studios of 5–10 people to larger practices with several site teams. Plans are tiered by firm size.
Do you work with firms outside India?
Yes. We sell to firms in the Gulf, the UK, North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and beyond. Demos run over video call, setup is remote, and the system runs in any browser on your own domain. We go through your currency, tax and invoice needs in the demo.
Does it run on our own website?
Yes. It is deployed white-label on your own domain, for example yourfirm.com/admin, with your logo and colours. Your team and clients never see another company's brand.
Who controls the data?
You do. After deployment your firm has full admin control: users, roles, settings and data. BRANDSWOT Consultancy keeps a recovery key only to help if an admin is locked out or an account needs restoring.
Can my site team use it on a phone?
Yes. It works in the phone browser, so supervisors can post site updates and photos, and the office sees them straight away. Nothing to install.
How much does it cost?
Pricing depends on firm size and the modules you need. Book a demo and we'll send a written quote for your team.
Is it available now?
It is in early access. We are onboarding a small number of design-and-build firms first, so each one gets set up properly with its own workflows.
See it running for a firm like yours.
Book a 20-minute demo. We'll walk through a sample project from enquiry to final invoice and send a written quote for your team size.